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Surnames: Leslie and Cant
Classification: Query
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My maternal grandmother, Lena Leslie, was descended from Gideon Cant and Isobel Nicol
through their daughter, Catherine, who married a farmer named John Leslie in Arbuthnot
Parish in 2/13/1836.
I believe Gideon's parents were Alexander Cant (b. 3/2/1725) and Margaret Mortone (b.
6/20/1736). They were married in Laurencekirk in 5/13/1750. I am not certain about the
next generation back, but I think Alexander's parents were James Cant and Magdalen
Hutcheson, and Margaret's parents may have been William Mortone and Agnes Ogstoun.
Both Mortone and Ogstoun strike me as odd surnames and I wonder if they had been spelled
phonetically (Morton, Ogstown?).
I would welcome any information about both the Leslie and Cant branches of my family
tree.